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The article is much pretty spot on...
MS has historically taken the line that a team can only have a single top line driver...and he is that driver.
So Ferrari being Ferrari his replacement was always going to be a real problem as his #2 was going to be a second tier driver (albeit one in a great car).
So Ferrari wanted either Alonso or Kimi....on the team with Ms to have an over lap...MS having spent his entire career being #1 was not about to change his spots...
LdM was adamant.. our way or the high way...which sensibly MS chose to take.
He leaves as a 'winnig driver'...his fall off in pace and grace never revealled....
Whether or not MS's attitude is correct is debatable...ask Frank Willimas or Ron Dennis and they would disagree...which is why MS did not get a seat there...they were not going to have his #1 status in their team...afterall having Prost and Senna as Champioship contenders in your team (and still lose the Drivers Championship) is a object lesson in being top dog...or having Mansell and Piquet....
But the MS way and the others do exist side by side and it works for some but not for others...
I think the sport will benefit from MS's departure...becuase his antics over tha last decade have cast a veil of favouritism which demeans the sport overall....regardless of whether its right or wrong.
Bring on the new season...
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